YOU SAID:
I've just been just been really sad lately.
INTO JAPANESE
私は最近、本当に悲しくなりました。
BACK INTO ENGLISH
I'm really sad recently.
INTO JAPANESE
私は最近とても悲しいです。
BACK INTO ENGLISH
I am very sad recently.
INTO JAPANESE
私は最近とても悲しいです。
BACK INTO ENGLISH
I am very sad recently.
That didn't even make that much sense in English.